A Counter-Cultural Conspiracy

Tag: Jazz

After my blockbuster return to the exercise of occult eisegesis of popular music throughout the month of October it was only a matter of time before I felt comfortable dropping a Monday Magick column about a song that I have a personal affinity for aesthetically but whose occult bona fides[…]

One of my favorite songs of the year, a slice of soulful Soft-Rock called “Show You the Way” by experimental Jazz bassist Thundercat featuring vocals from Yacht-Rock legends Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, finally has a video! In the clip the bedreaded double amputee samurai who appeared in the video[…]

It’s been eight long months since Monday Magick graced this space with its wondrous presence. A combination of factors, including lack of time & energy, changes to my work schedule, big upheavals at home, and a fluctuation in passions, contributed to the hiatus. There have been moments along the way[…]

Watch King Krule and his band of zombies do a new millennium monster mash in the ooky-spooky video clip for his smooth new Bossa-Nova-tinged single “Dum Surfer”. “Dum Surfer” is the second track released from the British troubadour’s forthcoming sophomore LP, ‘The Ooz’, due out October 13th on True Panther[…]

When veteran Hip-Hop trio De La Soul dropped their ninth full length album ‘and the Anonymous Nobody… ‘ last Summer I wasn’t trying to hear it. It was just too much of a departure from the sampladelic production aesthetic that put them on the map for me me and I[…]

This week’s Monday Magick entry, like many before it, is inspired by events that are currently occurring in my life. Recently, lacking a magickal partner and feeling as if I’m not practicing my magick to its fullest potential, I was struck by the desire to convert part of my home[…]

This week sucks and I really could give a fuck about anything right now. So no in-depth exegesis of deep occult secrets will be had in this week’s Monday Magick. No, instead you’re getting the laid back vamping of saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. on the Bob James-produced Jazz-Fusion classic “Mister[…]

Worshipers at an Afro-Futurist revival kiss an Illuminati space-pyramid and then dance a ‘Soul Train’ line in the funky new video clip for LA-based beatsmith Mndsgn’s jazzy Electro-Funk single “Cosmic Perspective”. “Cosmic Perspective” is from Mndsgn’s new album ‘Body Wash’, out September 16th on Stones Throw. Mndsgn

I love it when Electronic Dance Music transcends both electronics and its focus on moving butts and exists simply as beautiful music. “Dear Ennui”, a Jazzy, piano-inflected Broken Beat/Garage tune from Hamilton, Ontario-based producer Benjamin Muñoz does both of those things well. And I absolutely love it! The Summery jam[…]

I can’t help noting that I’ve posted a lot more Jazz tunes than I have anything that might be considered “Metal” or otherwise stereotypically “dark” as part of this Monday Magick experiment. I don’t know if that says more about my taste in music than the apparent occult interests of[…]

Watch LA-based bassist/vocalist Thundercat play lupine necromancer in the animated video for “Song for the Dead” from his ‘The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam’ EP. ‘The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam’ is out now via Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. Thundercat

I hope you’re ready for something swingin’ and sexy. Because that’s exactly what this week’s Monday Magick track is all about. The tune in question is “I Want to be Evil”, a Top 30 hit recorded in 1953 by actress and singer Eartha Kitt. Kitt is probably best remembered for[…]